Level 1A Tales
(2 x weekly)
Tales (Twice Weekly)
(N) * Classic Myths to Read Aloud by William F.Russell
1A Year One:
- Listening Level 1 (22 stories)
1A Year Two:
- Listening Level 2 (17 stories)
(N) Stories taken from books of your choice from the following list:
- English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Free on Gutenberg
- Favorite North American Indian Legends and other collections published by Dover Books
- Old Peter’s Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome
- The Green Fairy Book and other collections by Andrew Lang
- Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne
The following optional schedule may be used.
(N)*Classic Myths to Read Aloud by William F.Russell
Read aloud each story, and have students narrate. Many of the stories should be divided into two readings.
Level 1A Year 1
Term 1
- Gift of Athena
- Icarus and Daedalus
- The Origin of the Seasons
- Echo and Narcissus
- Damon and Pythias
- The Battle of Marathon
- Europa and Cadmus
- The Sword of Damocles
- Pegasus the Winged Horse
- Baucis and Philemon
- The Spinning Contest
- Exams or catch up week
Term 2
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- The Story of Io
- Halcycone’s Dream
- Phaeton and the Chariot of the Sun
- Cupid and Psyche
- Pygmalion and Galatea
- The Story of Theseus, Part One
- The Story of Theseus, Part Two
- Jason and the Golden Fleece, Part One
- Jason and the Golden Fleece, Part Two
- Jason and the Golden Fleece, Part Three
- Exams or catch up week
Classic Myths continues in Level 1A Year 2
Term 3
Favorite North American Indian Legends and other collections published by Dover Books
- How Glooskap Conquered Bull-Frog
- How Toad and Porcupine Lost Their Noses
- The Meeting of the Wild Animals
- The Story of Grizzly Bear and Beaver
- The Ants that Pushed on the Sky
- The Little Boy Man
Weeks 7-12
Old Peter’s Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome
- Tale of the Silver Saucer & the Transparent Apple
- The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
- Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby….
- The Stolen Turnips, The Magic Tablecloth…
- The Three Men of Power
- Salt
Level 1A Year 2
Term 1
Classic Myths to Read Aloud, Listening Level 2
- Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head
- The Riddle of the Spinx
- The Story of Helen of Troy: The Judgment of Paris
- The Stealing of Helen
- The Quarrel
- The Gods Take Sides
- The Wrath of Achilles
- The Wooden Horse
- The Return of Ulysses: The Greeks Set Sail
- Circe’s Palace
- The Perilous Voyage Homeward
- Exams or catch up week
Term 2
Classic Myths to Read Aloud, Listening Level 2
- What Had Happened in Ithaca
- Ulysses Returns to Ithaca
- The Wanderings of Aeneas: Aeneas’s Escape from Troy
- Aeneas Searches for a Home
- Aeneas and Queen Dido
- Aeneas Visits the Lower World
Weeks 7-11
selections from
Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne or
The Green Fairy Book and other collections by Andrew Lang
Week 12: Exams or catch up week
Term 3
